It's about that time again, for our March Madness Tournament!! The competition begins on Monday the 17th and we have some exciting prizes again this year! The prizes include:
Rockies Tickets, Nuggets Tickets, Passes to The Denver Microbrew Tour, and a 47" Flat Screen TV!
Here's how it works; Everyone receives an entry and the competition is based on production. Each week, winners will be selected based on their performance and they will move on to compete the following week. The final four contenders will win one of the four prizes!
Let the madness begin!!
A few of the guys from the office decided to get together on a Sunday to create something everybody loves.... beer! We examined a few different types of recipes and determined that an India Pale Ale would suit our tastes best. We did, however, spice it up a bit and created a more Americanized India Pale Ale using typical American hops, most notably Citra and Centennial. We added a few Magnum hops to give it a nice bitter note as well.
We did a partial mash and extract brew to help cut down on the brewing time, which despite our best efforts, still took over 6 hours! We steeped some secret specialty grains for about a half an hour to really add some body to the beer. The smell of mashed grains in Eric's place was amazing! After mashing, we threw the whole thing into our brew pot and cranked up the heat, boiling the beer for an hour. During the boiling process, we added our hops. After that hour, we killed the heat and waited for our beer to cool. It was 28 degrees outside and it still took 3 hours for the beer to get down to the correct temperature to pitch our yeast!
After thoroughly sanitizing our fermenting tank, we transferred the beer and pitched our yeast. It took about two days for the fermentation to really get going. We're expecting a super flavorful AIPA with an alcohol by volume right around seven percent. We should be able to bottle it in about a week! The name for our concoction? I “Peak” A of course! Stay tuned to see how it comes out!
Credit: Dan Fithian
